West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-05-05


70 la "a ecntleman OF lady. Re
member ihat " tho prices are high and
Your puise O. lcau that IL - no fault OF the
clerks. And II yuu have son or n daughter
amid thoSo pcrpieNitics q commercial life,
AMI such a ono comes home all worn ont, bo
lenicnt AMI know that the martyr Rt tho
stake no mono certainly necdls tho grace OF
God than our young lsvf'c anih the seNcn-
bmoS heated cN0spcrntionS of "a clerks lire
1hcI :hero arc all the trials which come 20
clerks FROM th6 treatment OF inconsiderato
employers There arc fnotCEScd Christian
men M this city who have no tnTre rcg0ru Tor
th"lr CLERKS than they have FOR the NoHcs ON
which Tie cigars are weighed. clerk ls no
moro than 81 inIcN S'uua furniture. No con
sldcration Tor their rights ~ their interests.
Not ono word of encouragement from
sunrise TO sunset, nor from January To
December nnt when anything goes wrong
a streak 81 duSt On tho counter, or box with
the cover OF thunder showers of scodiug.
Men impcriCN'si esprNforts. cranky towards
their clerks their wi.Cie m0uucr ss much ~
90 say: All the interest liHsS iu You is to
So what can get out of YOU
Then there are all the trials Of incompetent
wages Some OF yth remember when the war
broke out and all rcrchandi went up, aud
merchants were niadN fftlliOuaies IN six
months 10y the simple rise ~ the value OF
goods. Did tho Cltrl, get advantage az that
r.Sc' SomctimcS not always. | saw estates
gathered ~ those times, over which the curse
of God hsis hung ever siucc. The cry OF un-
paid men and women In thtro duItS reached
the Lord OF Sahaoth, md tho IN
those Establishments ever since; rum
bling in the carriage wheels, flashing in
the chandeliers, glowing from tito crimson
upholstery, laundering I'M the long roll OF tho
tn-piu alley. such men may build up pal
aces of merchandise heaven high, hut after
awhile a disaster will come nlo1lS, and put
one hand ON that pillar, and throw itself for
ward unt,l down viii CONS tho whole struct-
IRE, crushing the worshippcrs as grapes arc
mnshcd in wine press
Then there Are boys I'm establishments who
are Iuincd-in prosperous establishments
ruined 10y thcir hack of compensation. In how
many prosperous stores it has been for tho
past twenty years that BOYS were given Just
enough money to learn them 60 stoali Some
were sc2od bt the police Tie vast majority
of instances were not known. Tho head of
the firm asked: "Whero IS George nowp 80,
he isn't here any more a lad might better
siRrvo to death on blasted heath than take
one cent front his employer Woo be 10 that
employer who unnecessarily puts "a temptation
I'm boys way. There have been great
establishments IN these cities building
marble palachs, their owners dying worth
millions, and millions, and millions who
made vast amount OF their estate out Of the
blood, muscles, aud nerves ~ half -paid
clerks Such men Rs-wcll, | will not mcnt on
any ndric. But | mean men who have gath
cred up vast estates at the expense of tho pcO-
PIC WHO NtlN ~ Olllltl uIlNff 'iltll nttl. ~,
say such merchants "if you doIrt Ike II here
then go and get better place" As much IA
To say: "lNo got you under my grip, and
mean to hold youi you can't get any other
place" Oiwhnt n contrast we see between such
men and those Christian mCTCanta of Brook
Ign and NewE ork Who 10 day are sympathetic
with their clerks when they nay the salary
acting IN this way; "1his salary that give
you Is not all my interest in you. Yori are
an immortal man; You are an immortal
| tninTpgtpI Ina nt,g "a
your everlasting welfare; | want you 10
understand that, il / am little higher up IN
this store, am beside you In Christian
sympathy" Go back forty years to Arthur
man whose worst enemies never
questioned Ids honesty. Every morning he
brought all the clerks and the accountants,
and the weighcrs into n room for devotion
They sang They prayed They e6hortod
On Monday morning the clerks wcro asked
whore they had attended church on the pro-
ViOus dayi and what the sermons wero about
IL must havb sounded strangely, that
voice of praise along the streets
where the devotees Of marnmon
were counting their golden beads. You
my, Arthur Happen failed. Yes, he was un-
fortunate, Ike great many good men; but
] understand he met all his obligations before
no left this world, and know that he died in
the peace Of tho Gospel and that he is before
the throne OF God tOday forever blessed II
that be failing, / wish that you might ali fail.
There are n great many young men in this
citY-yCn I'm this hOuse-whO want word
OF encouragement, Christian encouragement.
One smile Of good cheer would 10 worth more
10 them tomorrow morning In their places of
business than present OF fifty thousand dol
lars ten years hence. Oh, I remember the
apprehension and the tremor ~ entering a
profession. / remember very well the man
who greeted inc in the ecclesiastical court
with tho tip ends Of the long fingers OF the left
hand; and remember the other man who took
my hand In both OF Lie, aud said: "God
bless you, my brother; You have entered a
/ glorious profession; DO faithful 90 God and
! He Will see you through Why, / feel this
| minute tho thrill Of that hand shaking,
though the man Who gave mo the Christian
grip has boon in heaven twenty-five years.
There are old men day who cdn look back
10 forty years agO, when some one said n kind
word 10 them. Now, old men, pay back
what you got then. 10 is "A great nrt for old
men 10 be able to encourage the young.
There are many young people i'm our cities
who have como from Inland counties OF our
own state from tho granite hills Of the
/ North, from the savannas Of the South, from
the prairics Of tlB West. They are here IN
get their fortune They are in boarding.
houses where everybody seems 30 be
thinking ~ himself They want com
panion3hip, and they want Christian
encouragement Give d. 10 them Ny
word BIS 10 all clerks in this house. 30 might
fer than your temptations A Sandwish III,
huder used 81 think when no slow au enemy.
al the strength Of that enemy came into his
own right arm Aud / have ~ tell you that
crory misfortune you conquer ig 80 much
ndicl to your moral power With OmuipO
| t'urr for lover nrd tuo throne Of God FOR q
| lI. .ruW. you CON moo earth and heaven
/ While There are other young mon putting the
cup 81 au ~ tncir lip-. ftlOp down
ani drink out OF Che fountains of Col, and
y1I viii rise up strong ~ thr0sh the noun
/ tlIut Tho Wo.ont uacd io think that pearls
wore fallou rain drDp4. which. touching the
.Ir.a.' Of the s.u. hardened into gcus then
/ drIrp.I fo No.. bottom ] have ~ tc.l you 20
/ d1y lIut storms of Jr.al have shoWcrcd i'm
Punishable rH.rI into many 10 youuy mans Ian
| %. young mfu. while Won have goods ~ sell
remember YOU have soIl t0 ave fu r. hos
/ pItII 70 Christian captain. wounded "a few d4y.
before got d.iir'Du-. AMI iu tho midnight
hour Doe -praug ONT ON Che floor OF thc hospital
thinking bo HIe .n tho battle. GO ying. "COu,
oI. iUr- Forward Cuarlc" Ali he wa
only battling thc spootros ~ his own brain
/ But 20 auo imaginary conflict into which
cnil you, young man. today. There are Ten
/ thousand spiritual foes thnt would capture
/ YOU lu The name NJ Col up and nt them
ff'or the lest Store has been closed
nl'er ih7 IH- bunk BIOS gone down. after ting
shuttle of tl- quick fo.t uu flr Custom House
steps has stopped. uft"r ths long limo oil
merchantmen ou fhe .ca have taken sail OF
NlWo. after Brooklyn, and New york. and
London. and Vienna have gone down In the
grave whore Thnhe- aud Babylon and Tyre
lio buried. after tho great fire
bells Of the Judgment Day have t1lled
OF Tho burning of q wOrd-on that day, ol